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PhonePe SBI Card PURPLE

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PhonePe SBI Card PURPLE

SBI and PhonePe's 2025 entry-level co-brand card rewards essential PhonePe app spends and everyday online shopping, with the joining fee clawed back as a PhonePe voucher — a reasonable pick for heavy PhonePe users but unremarkable outside that ecosystem.

Rates and fees last verified 15 July 2026.

Annual fee

₹499

Joining fee

₹499

Reward type

points

Base reward rate

1%

Card network

RuPay

Card tier

Entry

Benefits by category

  • 🛍️ Shopping

    5% reward rate

  • Fuel

    1% fuel surcharge waiver on transactions between ₹500 and ₹4,000

  • 🌍 Forex / international spend

    3.5% forex markup on international transactions

Eligibility

  • Minimum credit score: 700
  • Minimum monthly income: ₹15,000
  • Employment: salaried, self-employed
  • Age: 2170

Benefits

  • Joining fee fully refunded as a PhonePe e-gift voucher after the first transaction
  • ₹3,000 travel voucher on ₹3,00,000 annual spend
  • 1% fuel surcharge waiver on transactions between ₹500 and ₹4,000

Pros

  • + Joining fee refunded as a PhonePe voucher
  • + Accelerated rewards on PhonePe app transactions
  • + Achievable ₹1L waiver threshold

Cons

  • No lounge access on the base variant
  • Elevated rewards mostly limited to the PhonePe app
  • Standard 3.5% forex markup
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